Sewing-machine.



G. B. WARREN.

SEWING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, 1905.

70 3 9 Patehted Aug.'12,1913.

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G. E. WARREN.

SEWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 1,-1905.

Patented Aug". 12, 1913.

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have t lJ Bl it TATE PAENT T CECE-GE E- VTARQ REN, .OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T CAMPBELL BOS- XVOBTH MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PORTLAND,'MAI NE A COEPOBA/IION 0F MAINE.

SEWING-MACHINE.

Qriginal application filed Marchlfa, 1%93,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. \VA z niN, a citizeuo't the United States, resi ing at Boston, in the county of Sufioll: a State of ll'lfiSSilCliUSQlllS, have invented certain new and usei nl lmproyen e ts Sewing-Machines; and i do hereby declare the t'ollowing to be a full, clear, and exact deseriptio of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it app'ertains to nia-lte and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in shuttle mechanism forsewing machines.

This is a division of the application filed by the inventor March 16, 1903, Serial Number 147,888, tor'an improvement in sewing machines.

The invention is particularly adapted for use in machines of the wax th ead, lock stitch strai ht hook needle type of which the commercial harness and leather na: chines are examples, and its object i to pduce shuttle mechanism of simple conc-tion and capable of operating with preeisi'on at speeds and with nlninium vibration.

To the above ends the shuttle of the present invention rotated constantly one direction in order to avo d the vibration and stress upon the driving mechanism which occurs i the case. an oscillatory or reciprocat ng shuttle, operating at h gh speed, and the shuttle is given, n addition to its rotation, an oscillatory or tipping movement toward and from the path of the needle and the loop of thread drawn by the needle, so that the shuttle may take the loop from the needle without the inter nediation of any other instrunientality than the needle, and so that after thus e gagi i the loo the shuttle may retreat and alibi-d the needle and its actuating mechan sm a clear space in which to perform their succeeding movements,

Qther features oi the invention will be noted in connection with the description of y the illustrated embodiment thereof.

ln the dlawings illustrating tl e referred form of the invention, re 1 is vertical section of the QltlOll of t esewing machine embodying the invention, and Fig 2 is a front elevation of the saine. i invention is illustrated in connection sewin machiiie of the torn: disclosed Specification of Letters Satent.

Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

Serial No. 197,8;88 Pivirled and this application filed March 1, 1905. Serial No.247,8 4 5.

in the parent application above referred'to, and only so much of the machine is shown as s necessary to illustrate the present invention. The machine has a straight hool; needle N which passes upward through the work and then draws down a loop of thread to be engaged b the shuttle S, which is 10- Petfid ben ath he work support 2 The eedle is car ied by a slide 2, moving in guides fixed to the frame of the machine. 'lhe shank of the needle is held in a thimble 3 y means off a set screw 4:, and the thimble is fixed in the slide 2 by a nut 5, which acts to draw the needle shank into anotch in the rear of the slide 2 to prevent lateral displacement of the needle. The thrust upon the needle is borne by a pin 7 fixed to the slide 2. When the nut 5 is loosened the needle may be swung to one side to permit the removal of the bobbin from the shuttle. A spring 5 fixed to the slide 2 engages the inner side of the nut 5 to preventlooseness of the parts when the nut 5 is unscrewed. The needle slide is actuated by a co n roll 8 engaging a cam ath in the cam disk 10 fixed on the d iving shaft M. The shuttle S is substantially circular in form and rqtates in a car ier 16. The shuttle thread is carried by a obbin in a bobbin holder 11 loosely mounted in the shuttle and resti'ained, from rotation therewith by means of a retainer 13 wh ch is fixed by a nut 1% to the shuttle carrier and engages a nose 12 on the bobbin holder, thpoughKvbich the shuttle thread is delivered. The nut 14 may be loosened and the bobbin retainer swungaside to remove the bobbin, The shuttle is provided with a notch and a point 15 by which the needle loop is engaged and carried about the shuttle ,by the rotation thereof.

In the machine of the drawings the shuttle is rotated twice for each reciprocation v of the heedle in order to reduce the time ex pended in pass ng the loop around the shut-- tle. 'lhe means for actuating-the shuttle are const noted as to lows: The baclt of the shuttle is provide with recesses which are engaged by pins 23 ied on a constantly rotatin driver 21 jonrnaled upon a stud on t e fra n e of the machine. The driver s eial w h a Pinio '2 ro at d by a s a 5 time o e ma n M h ear twihe the dmineter f the piiliQn 2-! w 2w to rotzitc thov shuttle twice for Each rotation ol ihc Flltll l ill whilo tho cum ll) i -1 ni'rzmgrril to rrciprorntc thc nocillo slnlo :Hl l nrrillr once for ooh rotation of tho 5 shalt.

mmm it to cngngo the ncerllc loop and thou, m cron from. thopnth'of the noodle are con; fvilUf'iU/l as l 'ilhnvs: llho shuttle carrier 16 i nix'otnllv nionntoil on tho gfrzuncofthotnachin-L to lliiti upon an axis which is at t r1i;,zr:-t to tho axis-0 f the shuttle, anti bottom of tho shnttlo'( i-'oo looznril nonil-l llotioil lines, Fig. 1). An arm 18 (lepcinh it clear space for tho sncccotling up tlI"(l 5-, n oi the needle 21ml neei'llc slide.

loop has heon pm. around the next 3-ucceed1ng rotation of the an icile one and occurs While the pm-toriiiim: th iir 'luni'tions. Sinco the axis of os i-illzition t'hc ohnttlo onrrn' r snh' ritzmtmll y tOlllCitlQll j 'Wllll tho lcm ormost of ho row; a in t ei'igage'cl by the on moon n r I 1 one at least of the pun will alimys hem perative engago moot with the shutflo during: its oscillating moiicznnni no that; the. shnttle will he 1'0- tnt'cil continuously and po eit-ivoly.

. the rmci ml movement oi the shuttle tons rotary nioi'mmiit; tho spo'cti. tine iE; not limitcil by the r-shntr may hr; roti-iln l :it any .sncc throml will hour. Owing to thc the 211i? oi" o,-' '-ill:1tion or tip a shn'tt'lo t" ilrmitozi lotoml n'iowt to the nppor pun ill: m rror tzhr 1110- is iin 'mrtc' l ttte and s;

l 1t Wiwn the ,t IS :itthe npn potni in HJV-"Hl'clli. While shuttle as tE'WV-uilsttll ot' in the il tion tho w .13 only a wry of tiltz crtorms two ro- Ouch actuation of tho nceclio the i ntion in its hromle nspccts is not limit- 1 21?; arming; lent. and the ral'mttle While pni'iici nrljt' The llll'ftllllfi for reciprocating the shuttle toinn from the shuttle carrier carries a com.

19 cngnmng a cam path in the ctnn i') is to he understood, however, thatthe in million is not limited to this; typo of shuttlr and that the term vshnttlc HHOLl in the ('lttllllS is Incnnt to lTlCllltlO rotating devices which past it loop 01": noodle thread around the shuttle thread whetihcr or not the (levino passes bodily through tlie loop of neerllc thread. i

The invention is not limited to the (letnils of construction and. operation the illl1Si"2llC(l (1TIlIOCliD1CI1t, but may be emllOtllQtl in other forms broadly ilefineilin the violins. Y

liming thus (lesoriliiei'l the invention, What is claimed is:*

l, A sewing machine inning in combi nation, a, straight hook-needle, a rotary shut-- t'lo, means for rotating the shuttle a plurality of times for ,each reciprocation of the noerllv, and means for moving the shuttle so that; the hook shall intersect: the path of motion of the needle during one. of its plural rotations and shall lie outside of the path I of motion of the needleduring the other rotation or rotations, silllfiiflllliliilly' as (l8- scrihecl. I

2 A sowing machine, having, in combination, :1 straighthook-needle, a. rotary shuttlo, means for rotating the shuttle at :1 con Rtnnt s mctl so that. it makes two rovolntions for each reciprocation of the needle, and means for moving the shuttle, that on n tel-note rotations its hoot-z will intersect the path of motion of the 'necclle, substantially as clescribcl.

3. A sowing; machine. having, in combinatiiom :1 sti'rijlit hook-noecllo, a shuttle means for rota h1g5 the shuttle twice to Qilti); reciprocation. of tho needle. and means for clmnging the plain; of motion of the shut-- lo So that at one rcvohi 'on it will intorstoct the path oi? motion of the needle ontl :it the other revolution it will rotate. ontsiclo of tho path of motion of the noodle, snbstzn t'izilly no clcscrihorl.

f. Sewing machine, having, in combination, a norillv. si constnnllv rotating shuttlo and menus for oscillating the shuttle, about; :1 lino purztllel to its plane of rotation, townril mail From the path of tho needle, to ca a o the oltnttlo to on sigo the needle loo and then roceilo from the path of the needle, snlimtnntiulljv {iii (leocrihetl.

A sowing armchinefhaving, in oomhination, a shuttle, ii cnrricr in which the shut tle rotates, means for rotating" the shuttle twice for QtlCll reciprocation of the needle, incl moans for osc llating the shuttle can riertowarcl and from tho loop hold by tho needle while the need e is in retracted p0si t'ion; snhstantial.ly described.

A sewing nmchima having, in combinotion a iltitf ld, i shz'st'tlc, :1 carrier in which the shuttle ro it y tho carrier being pivotnlly mounted to oscillate transveroely'to the plane of rotation of theshnttle, meensfor oscillatin the shuttle carrier end means for rotatlng the shuttle comprtsinve rotating driver msnntedindependentl y of the shuttle carrier, substentielly as described.

sting the shuttle to ceuse'it tofpass a loop of needle thread around the shuttle thread and means for oscillating the shuttle about a line parallel to its plane of .motion toward and from the path of the needle to cause the shuttle to engage the loop of thread drawn by the needle and then recede from the path of the needle, substantially as described.

8. A sewingmachine, having, in combination, e-hool: needle, a. shuttle mounted to rotate in a plane substantially parallel to the lane of the path of movement of the nation, a needle, a shuttle mounted torotnte in a, plane substantially parallel to the plane oi the path of movement of the needle, means for rotating the shuttle comprisinga rotating driver and means for oscillating the shuttleindependently of its driver about an axis substantially at. rightangles to the axis of theshuttle to move the pomt ofthe shuttle into-a d 7, A sewin meehine, having, in combi-- nation, a nee 1e a shuttl means for ectu-.

out of the path-ofmot-ion of the needle, su stant-ially as described.-

10.. A sewing machine, having, in combination, a, shuttle, a; carrier in which the shuttle rotates, a, needle, means for actuating the needle to presenta 100p of thread in position to be engaged by the shuttle, means for retating the shuttle a plurality of times for each reciprocation of the needle, and means for oscillating the shuttle carrier toward and from'the loop presented by the needle, substantially as described.

11. A- sewing machine having, in combination, a hook needle, a shuttle, means for rotating the shuttle a plurality of times for each reciprocation of the needle, and means for oscillating the shuttle about a line parallel to its plane of rotation to cause the point of the shuttle to intersect the path of motion of the needle during one of its plural v rotations, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE E. W ARBEN. Witnesses:

HORACE VAN EvsnnN, FARNUM F. Donsmn @opiee or this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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